Regional Championships – some Success for NDGA

The 2019 NSW Zone 2 Regional Championships were held at Newcastle Golf Club on the weekend of August 17, 18

Newcastle GC was in excellent condition and the windy weather on Saturday abated on Sunday to a perfect for golf Spring like day.

This event is a 36 hole strokeplay event with a couple of team events in conjunction.

98 player took part with teams of 21 player teams representing the 4 Districts taking part, namely, Central Coast, Hunter River, Lower North Coast and
Newcastle.- as well as 23 individual entrants.

The NDGA continued it’s dominance of the Junior Division – with Brij Ingrey having 79, 74 for 153 to win the Regional Junior Champion title from NDGA’s
Jake Riley also with 153.

Other noteable performances from the NDGA Squad were Junior Jacob Dundas winning the best Scratch score on the 2nd day with 73, Junior Hamish Ellison winning
the best Scratch score on the 1st day with 76 and Oscar Gilson coming Runner-up in the 36 hole Nett event with 155.

The major team event is for the Jim Baker Shield with 21 players representing each District.  This year saw the team from Hunter River DGA triumph
with a score of 2788 from the Newcastle DGA on 2797 and Central Coast on 2862

The overall Regional Champion was again Lloyd Radcliffe from Central Coast DGA with 74, 72  146 off his Plus 6 handicap

To view or download a copy of the Individual Scores, click on the link    Indivdual Scores

To view or download a copy of the Jim Baker Shield Scores, click on the link      Jim Baker Scores

To view or download a copy of the Result Sheet, click on the link       Result Sheet